It was about 2 weeks later after we had captured Walt, when we really got our big break. We had two of our people go out and try to follow Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Michael, and Hurley (a couple of the people we needed from the plane crash) and we got news that they were headed towards us. Although one of our people, Louie, was killed we still couldn't pass this opportunity up.
We met Michael and the others at our pier, the one that eventually leads to our hatch and we let him go free with Walt in our boat. Jack, Kate, and Sawyer were more of a need than Walt ever could be. Before Michael had left, we heard this eruption like the entire island was going to explode. The sky turned a weird violet color adn our ears were peirced with pain.
After that whole "shebang" we helped Jack, Sawyer and Kate back to our other boat and into our hatch. After seeing their expressions I wondered whether of not they actually had discovered one of the 3 out of 11 deserted hatches on the island.
Our hatch was extremely beautiful. As part of the whole zoology thing, the walls were really fish tanks where we could always study some of the fish that swam into them (there was a path where fish could swim in from outside in the ocean). As part of our new "pick up" routine, Tom and Bea took them into the gun storage room, where they would ask them questions and determine if Ethan had done a good enough job, picking outthe bad people that could actually be turned into good people.
As I watched Bea lead Kate in, and Tom lead Sawyer and Jack in, he gestured to me. I followed them in, amazed at being chosen to help with this process. I walked in and sat next to Bea, and alongside Tom. The other three were sitting opposite from us, blindfolds off. Bea spoke in her calm yet demanding voice, "Mr. Ford, Mr. Shepherd, Miss Austin, I am Ms. Klugh, or you can call me Bea." I watched in sort of a pained way as Kate teared up in fear and anticipation of what was going to happen.
"I will take of your choke ties if you promise to answer some questions." She nodded to Jack who nodded as he gave up his pride, probably for the sake of Kate. Sawyer nodded as he looked like he could kill someone. Kate just sobbed an "Alright." Bea looked over at Tom and me and called out, "Pickett?" A sort of bald man with a chubby gut came in to remove their choke ties, then quickly left. "Alright, the first question is for Jack." Jack looked up from the table right at me, then at Bea. "How much do you know about the hatch you were currently sharing with John and Eko?" she asked in a 'I don't believe what you're about to say' sort of way.
Jack thought a while and then said, "I don't know all that much but I know that the button is useless and we have only been pressing it for the sake of other people." Tom quickly jumped up and called to the others outside, "We may have a red alert!" The others jumped into the doorway, including Lola, Hue and Shane.
Bea quickened her tone, "Jack tell me the truth, did someone stop pushing the button?" Jack nodded and said, "I think so, John told me he was completely done." Bea screamed, and Tom ran out, grabbing guns, and yelling orders to people. Bea yelled to me, "Alex, cut them loose, tell them to follow." I cut them loose and Kate asked me, "What's wrong?" I kept walking not immediately answering her question. I answered her question later, "When one hatch refuses to follow its mission, the DYTH hatch becomes unlocked."
Kate looked puzzled and then I continued, "DYTH was a hatch that only our group knows about that holds some controlled experimented people. We use them to use our newly madechemical medicineson. Sometimes they don't worked for the best, and now we need to go make sure that they are not out."
Islammed rifles into Sawyer and Jack's chest and handed a small pistol into Kate's hands. I say,
"So I guess that you're coming with."